Ed proves he has an even bigger mouth than Corden

POP star Ed Sheeran has a sugary secret – he can cram 55 Maltesers into his mouth.

The singer, who headlines Glastonbury later this month, managed the feat on Carpool Karaoke with James Corden.

Sheeran joined the chat show host for a spin around Los Angeles for a segment in Corden’s The Late Late Show, which is being broadcast from London this week.

The fun began with the pair singing 26-year-old Ed’s hit Shape Of You from his latest album, before Corden set the chocolatey challenge.

“There is a snack in Britain called Maltesers,” Corden said, explaining for the US audience. “I heard you can fit 47 in your mouth.”

The two started stuffing their faces, with Sheeran managing to beat his record.

The singer then revealed one of the reasons why he no longer has a mobile phone. He said: “I’d wake up every morning and there’d be like 50 messages, and none of them would say, ‘Hey, how are you?’ It’d be like, ‘Can I have this? Can you lend me this? Can you do this?’ – it was fine at the beginning but it just got really, really draining.”

Sheeran also revealed how he recently injured pop star Justin Bieber, 23, during a drunken night in Tokyo.

He said: “We ended up at this golf course. He put a golf ball in his mouth and said, ‘Go on: hit it out’. I was pretty hammered. I had a wedge and cracked him across the face.

“He was actually really cool about it, surprisingly.”

Also joining Corden during his London visit are Tom Cruise, Harry Styles, David Beckham and Russell Brand.

The Late Late Show, 10pm, Sky 1 and Now TV.